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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
14,063 approved · 550 refused · 853 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
1 Legion Place Larkhall ML9 2HU
Received 19 May 20217 Seymour Green East Kilbride G75 8EP
Received 19 May 202111 Sheepburn Road Uddingston G71 7DT
Received 19 May 2021White Haven B7016 From Forth A706 To Carnwath A70 Forth Lanark ML11 8ET
Received 20 May 20219 George Allan Place Strathaven ML10 6EH
Received 20 May 202169 Mull East Kilbride G74 2DU
Received 20 May 20215 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 20 May 2021Land 48M West Of 55 Carlisle Road Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 2021Tesco Extra Dalmarnock Trading Estate Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 20 May 2021Happy Feet Nursery 47 - 49 Claude Street Larkhall ML9 2BU
Received 20 May 20212 Simpson Drive East Kilbride G75 0AY
Received 20 May 202119 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DJ
Received 20 May 2021High Cauldcoats Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 20 May 202118 General Roy Way Carluke ML8 4LP
Received 20 May 202128 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LZ
Received 20 May 202187 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QS
Received 20 May 2021Land At Linwood Avenue College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5NR
Received 20 May 202153 Merrylees Road Blantyre G72 9AT
Received 20 May 20219 Caithness Street Blantyre G72 0DY
Received 21 May 20213 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 21 May 2021Unit 3 41 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 21 May 2021Plot 15 Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 21 May 202131 Macdairmid Drive Hamilton ML3 8AZ
Received 21 May 20212 Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7PD
Received 21 May 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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